In a special one-off event Dan Cardwell will be eating a three course meal onstage at the Edinburgh Fringe while other comedians attempt to put him off.

The special event is the brainchild of Cardwell and comic Alexander Bennett and is in aid of the food bank and food waste charity FareShare.

Among those who will be trying to stop Cardwell from stuffing his face and completing the challenge will be SPENCER JONES * NICK HELM * IVO GRAHAM * PHIL WANG * ED GAMBLE * SOPHIE DUKER * OLGA KOCH * ED NIGHT * DARREN HARRIOT * BEN TARGET * GLENN MOORE * THOM TUCK * ANDREW O’NEILL * STUART GOLDSMITH * ALICE FRASER * ADAM LARTER * ALEX KEALY * JOZ NORRIS * ESHAAN AKBAR * ANDY BARR * MICHAEL BRUNSTROM * COLT CABANA * WILL SEAWARD * MARCEL LUCONT * KATIE PRITCHARD * STEPHANIE LAING * PAUL FOXCROFT * GEORGE EGG * KAT BOND * JONNY & THE BAPTISTS, ALI BRICE, MADDIE CAMPION, NIGEL NG, DAN LEES, NEIL FOSTER, MARK DEAN QUINN, JAY BENNETT and many more.

Dan Vs Food, Pleasance Grand, 1.30pm on August 14. Buy tickets here.

Illustration by Lise Richardson.